Hair curler



Dec. 17, 1935.

M. KHESSLENG HAIR CURLER Original Filed Aug. 21, 1934 Nv5NTgR Max K esshn -ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 17, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR CURLE'R Original application August 21, 1934, Serial No.

Divided and this application August 6, 1935, Serial No. 34,897

7 Claims.

This invention relates to hair curlers, and more particularly to a curler which may be applied to the hair for any desired length of time, as during rest periods, in order to allow the hair to become set upon the curling device.

This application is a division of applicants prior co-pending application, Serial No. 740,791, filed August 21, 1934, for Hair curlers.

One object of this invention is to provide a 10 hair curler comprising a tubular body member to which are pivotally connected a jaw and a locking loop, and in which a portion of said loop is passed through said body member to provide a common fulcrum for itself and the pivoted jaw.

A further object is to provide a hair curler of the above nature in which the body member and jaw are provided with handle sections extending beyond the fulcrum, and a U-shaped leaf spring is located between said handle sections for urging the jaws to closed position, the ends of said spring being anchored by two pairs of lugs bent over from the extremities of said handle sections.

A further object is to provide a hair curler of the above nature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy toapply and manipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance, and very eflicient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in View, there has been illustrated on the accompanying draw- 30 ing, one form in which the invention may be conveniently embodied in practice.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 represents a side elevational View of the hair curler device, with a section broken away.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the handle end of the tubular body, showing how the U-shaped spring is anchored in position.

Referring now to the drawing in which like 40 reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral ID in- .dicates a hollow tubular body section having a tapered curved clamp or alligator jaw hinged thereto, said jaw being concavo-convex in crosssection so as to tightly embrace the upper portion of the body I0.

The tubular body member I is provided with a series of perforations |2 in circumferentially spaced rows extending substantially throughout 50 its entire length, and which are adapted to permit air to circulate therethrough for drying the hair. The alligator jaw is likewise formed with a series of spaced perforations l3 which are adapted to register with the row of perforations in the body member I.

The hair curler also includes a wire loop II which is provided with a transverse end section 15 passing through the body I, and serving as a common fulcrum for pivotally connecting the loop l4 and the jaw II to the body Hi. The Wire 5 loop i4 is provided with a pair of opposed bowed sections Ma and MD which merge at a point adjacent the nose end Me of the body |0 into a pair of parallel straight sections H, the forward ends Ila and Nb of which are turned inwardly into abutted engagement. The inturned ends Ila and llb are adapted to be held secured together by means of a cylindrical sleeve member He crimped or otherwise secured thereabout.

The outer free end of the loop i4 is provided with a slidable bar l6 having its ends curled around the straight parallel sections H, and which is adapted to be detachably engaged in a pair of opposed slots |8 formed in the open front nose Me of the body In, thus locking the loop I4 90 rigidly upon said body ID.

The tubular body member I0 is provided at its rear end with an integral rearwardly extending finger grip portion l9, and the alligator jaw II is provided with a similar rearwardly opposed finger grip portion 20, and when said portions l9 and 20 are manually squeezed together, the opposite end of the alligator jaw II will be sep arated from the body portion ID. The jaw II is adapted to be normally held in closed position with respect to the body ||l by means of a substantially U-shaped leaf-spring 2| having a pair of diverging ends 22 and 23 positioned within the folds of the finger grip portions l9 and 20. respectively.

In order to provide a secure anchorage for the U-shaped spring 2| in its assembled position, each finger grip portion l9 and 20 is provided at its end with a pair of spaced longitudinally extending lugs 24 and 25 of identical construction formed integral with said body I0 and jaw II, respectively. The lugs 24 and 25 are connected at their bases with transverse end flanges 26 and 21. The lugs 24 and 25 are bent inwardly into contact with the concave body of the finger grip portions l9 and 20 and are adapted to engage opposite edges of the extremities of the diverging ends 22 and 23 of the spring 2|. The end flanges 26 and 27 serve to hold the ends of the spring 2| against longitudinal movement, and the lugs 24 and 25 retain said ends against lateral movement.

The crown or intermediate section of the spring 2| is provided with a reentrant arch 28 which is adapted to embrace the mid-portion of the looped hinge pin l5. It will be obvious from the above construction that the spring will be firmly held against any forces tending to displace it from position,

Operation In operation, when it is desired to curl a tuft of hair, the sliding bar IE will first be slipped forwardly on the parallel sections H to a position free of the slots l8, whereupon the loop l4 will be permitted to swing downwardly to open position, and by manually pressing the finger'grip portions l9 and 29 together, the nose of the alligator jaw II will be swung upwardly against the influence of the spring 2|. The loose ends of the tuft of hair, preferably moistened, may then be slipped underneath the jaw II to a position adjacent its hinging fulcrum l5, after which the jaw II will be allowed to snap back into normal clamping position shown in Fig. 1.

The hair curling device will then be twisted the desired number of times for coiling the hair tightly about the body I!) and the exterior surface of the jaw II. In performing the above operation, the wire loop M will preferably be swung to a position substantially at right-angles to the body member and be conveniently used as a handie for holding the same.

After the twisting operation has been completed, the wire loop 4 will be swung back into normal parallel alinement with the body Ill, and the sliding bar 6 will be forced rearwardly into locking engagement within the slots l8. In this position, the bowed portions [4a and Mb of the wire loop will snugly embrace the hair twisted about the body l0 and the jaw I I.

If desired, a tighter twist may be provided in the hair by keeping the alligator jaw ll open during the entire operation of twisting the hair about the body It), after which the jaw l I will be released and permitted to clamp thereupon.

While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in which the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form is shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosure but may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modificat'ions and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims;

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent is:

1. In a hair curling device, a tubular body, a jaw member shaped to fit against and hinged between its ends to said body, said body and jaw members having relatively short handle sections on one end, a U-shaped strip metal spring located between said handle sections to urge the opposite ends of said body and jaw toward one another to clamp upon a tuft of hair, and a plurality of bent-over lugs extending inwardly from the sides of said body and jaw for holding said spring means in its assembled position, said lugs embracing the legs of said spring.

2. In a hair curling device comprising two cooperating members pivotally connected together intermediate the ends thereof, a U-shaped spring located between said members and engaging the pivot thereof to urge them to closed position, and a pair of bent-over lugs formed at the adjacent extremities of each 01 said members and adapted to embrace opposite legs oi! said spring to prevent longitudinal and lateral displacement oi the latter.

3. In a hair curling device comprising two cooperating hair clamping members, a hinge pin for pivotally connecting said members together intermediate the ends thereof, a U-shaped spring located between said members at the outer sections of two adjacent ends thereof to urge the members toward contacting engagement, each of said clamping members having a pair of spaced lugs at the extremities thereof adapted to form a secure anchorage for the legs of said spring, and means at the crown end of said spring for embracing said hinge pin in such a manner as to centralize said spring.

4. In a hair curling device, a tubular body, a. concave jaw member shaped to fit against said body, both of said members having adjacent finger gripping portions at one end and being pivotally connected together intermediate their opposite ends, a U-shaped leaf-spring disposed between said finger gripping portions for urging said jaw member into contact with said body member, each of said finger gripping portions having a pair of spaced bent-over lugs extending inwardly from the ends of said member in a longitudinal direction for anchoring the ends of said spring in its assembled position against lateral movement.

5. In a hair curling'device, a tubular body, a concave jaw member shaped to fit against said body, both of said members having adjacent finger gripping portions at one end and being pivotally connected together intermediate their opposite ends, a U-shaped leaf-spring disposed between said finger gripping portions for urgingsaid jaw member into contact with said body member, each of said finger gripping portions having a pair of spaced bent-over lugs extending inwardly from the ends of said member in a longitudinal direction for anchoring the ends of said spring in its assembled position against lateral movement, said lugs being connected at their base sections by transverse flanges which serve to prevent longitudinal movement of the legs of said spring.

6. In a hair curling device, a body member, a cooperating jaw member pivoted to said body member, both of said members having finger gripping portions at adjacent ends, a U-shaped leafspring disposed between said finger gripping portions for urging said members to closed position, said finger gripping portions having upstanding fianges, and each flange having at its end a pair 55 of spaced lugs bent over into engagement with the interior bases of said gripping portions, said lugs being adapted to embrace the opposite edges of said legs to prevent lateral movement thereof.

'7. In a hair curling device, a tubular body, a 60 jaw member shaped to fit against and hinged between its ends to said body, said body and jaw members having relatively short handle sections on one end, a U-shaped strip metal spring located between said handle sections to urge the opposite 65 MAX KIESSLING. 

